Iranian library in Hanover
The Iranische Bibliothek in Hannover eV is a socio-cultural center and library that specializes in the collection of so-called gray literature in Persian from and about Iran . The seat of the non-profit association has been Vordere Schöneworth 17 (rear building) in the Hanover district of Nordstadt since the end of 2012 .
The library contains works in prose and poetry, literature, history and science, literature from various groups and on human rights violations in Iran. The collection also includes literary works prohibited in Iran. The books are mainly written in Persian, but literature on Iran in other languages as well as films and documentaries on Iran are also collected. Since it is difficult for Iranians in exile to get hold of Persian-language literature, the library is of particular importance in terms of maintaining contacts.
history
The Iranian Library was founded in 1983 by exiled Iranians. Since 1985 it has been based in the Hanover garden house opposite the Old Jewish Cemetery on Oberstrasse . From 2010 the library was temporarily housed at Tulpenstrasse 15 until it moved to Vordere Schöneworth 17 in 2012.
The library is the smaller of two libraries in Hanover that specialize in the Persian-speaking area, its bigger sister is the Iranian Documentation Center and Library near Kargah, founded in 1993 on the FAUST site in the Linden-Nord district . The joint holdings of both libraries are “one of the largest collections of Persian-language literature in Europe”.
society
The aim of the association, founded in 1998, is in particular to “promote socio-cultural contacts between Iranians and non-Iranians” and to maintain and expand the collection. As early as 1999, the library's holdings comprised over 10,000 volumes, the association had 970 members, not only Iranians, but also Germans and Afghans. The library is mainly run on a voluntary basis, the association is financed through membership fees and donations as well as project funds for socio-cultural work with migrants. The library is open to the general public and is open every working day.
Networking
The library is a member of the Association of Foreign Language Libraries in Hanover, an integrative cultural project that also includes the Hannah Arendt Library, the Chinese Lending Library and the Liberal Jewish Library. The libraries presented themselves in October 2013 in the Hanover City Library to kick off the nationwide action week at the Library Meeting Point . The city library coordinates the network and the original cataloging of its holdings in the joint library network GBV.
literature
Bernd Möller (Ed.): People without places - The library as vanishing point , Laurentius-Sonderheft, Dehmlow, Hannover 1999, ISBN 3-931614-49-2 , p. 25 ff.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Bernd Möller (ed.): People without places - The library as vanishing point , Laurentius special issue, Dehmlow, Hannover 1999, ISBN 3-931614-49-2 , p. 25 f.
- ↑ a b Register of Associations , No. 5443
- ↑ The Iranian Library & Documentation Center , Kargah.de
- ↑ The projects of the first GFZ funding round ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), “Senior Citizens' Work for Migrants from the Near and Middle East” - Iranische Bibliothek eV, hannover.de
- ↑ Philipp Schaper: Libraries make common cause , interview with Walter Koch, [[Neue Presse (Hannover) |]], October 24, 2013
- ^ Hidden Treasures on "Library Day" , Neue Presse, October 24, 2013
Coordinates: 52 ° 23 '22 " N , 9 ° 43' 21" E